2022-2023 Season Program

Healing takes many forms, from arias to EKGs.

Just as we work hard each day to heal the body, Opera Idaho can heal the soul. Enjoy the restorative power of the arts and remember: We’re here when you need us.

Mark Junkert General Director

When I was asked to interview for the then-Executive Director position at Opera Idaho, I’d never been to Boise, in fact hardly Idaho at all, having only passed through the northern panhandle portion enroute to or from Washington and Oregon. My partner Cathy Ingle had never set foot in Idaho until we moved here in May 2008. We knew little of the state’s geography, history, and people. We have come to cherish all these things in what has been the best 14-plus years of my career here. I’ll be retiring after Opera in the Park in July 2023.

As Opera Idaho embarks on its 50th season, as well as my 15th and last, it’s a good time to reflect on history. The 50-year history of first Boise Civic Opera, then Boise Opera, and since 1999 Opera Idaho will unfold in five articles over this and the beginning of next season. One decade per program, researched and written by Ellie McKinnon.

In my time here, we can be proud of additions to the offerings of Opera Idaho: Opera in the Park, the Emerging Artists program that began in 2017, the expansion of the Children’s Choruses program to now four choirs, the incorporation of Critical Mass Vocal Artists, Operatinis, and art song recitals. I believe the quality of our mainstage productions has steadily improved. And we’ve introduced many operas that had never been performed in Idaho, especially new American operas like Dead Man Walking, A Streetcar Named Desire, As One, Glory Denied, and this season’s An American Dream.

Along with all that expansion and improvement have come rising budgets. We can now hold our heads high in the company of opera companies of similar budget size

in cities of similar size … Madison, Dayton, Knoxville, and Des Moines, to name a few. Board, patron,s and staff have all supported, yea, been instrumental in that growth. And know that we appreciate how you’ve all helped bring us through the last two years of pandemic-related uncertainty. (Which may or may not be.) I can think back with gratitude for all the relationships we’ve built. We invited each other in and have cared about and for each other as a result.

This season we invite you to join us as we present our 50th season. It’s already underway, with both Opera in the Park and Celebrando a México taking place before our first mainstage production: the always popular comedy The Barber of Seville in Octobver 2022. Two operas new to Idaho audiences, Verdi’s Macbeth and Dvorak’s Rusalka, complete our mainstage offerings. A new opera, An American Dream, deals with Japanese American internment during World War 2, with direct plot ties to Minidoka in Idaho. And in December we collaborate again with Boise Contemporary Theater to produce All Is Calm, last season’s holiday hit.

What will the future bring? Our 50th anniversary celebration in November 2023 will culminate on Nov. 30, 50 years to the date. It began with Weill’s Street Scene. It was a new work, a rather bold choice for 1973, having premiered less than 30 years before in 1946.

What I wish more than anything … that Opera Idaho continues to step boldly into the future. But for now, and for the last time in this context, I invite you to enjoy the music, the sets, the costumes, the direction, all of it, but also to accept the invitation to be drawn into the world of Opera Idaho. Greater depth is there for those who desire it.

Opera Idaho

The primary mission of Opera Idaho is to fund and produce opera of the highest possible professional standard, in Boise and throughout the State of Idaho, and to foster wider acceptance, appreciation and enjoyment of opera and related art forms in young people and adults of all social and economic backgrounds, through diverse educational and outreach programs.

Opera Idaho Staff

Mark Junkert

General Director

Carly Oppie Development Director

Fernando Menéndez

Marketing Director, Education Manager, & IT Administrator

Kerri Calverley

Director of Children’s Choruses

Michael Porter

Director of Critical Mass Vocal Artists

Diana Cayler Production Manager

Curtis Crafton

Artistic Administrator

Krista Arroyo

Administrative Coordinator

Luke Strother

Bookkeeper

Betsi Hodges Staff Accompanist

Jeffrey Seppala

Teaching Artist

Kelly Kaye

Chorus Master

Jonathan Collins

Staff Photographer

Opera Idaho 513 S 8th Street, Boise (208) 345-3531 www.operaidaho.org

Leslie Garrett

Board President

Welcome to the 50th season of Opera Idaho!

This season has something to suit all interests. It includes a classic comedic opera The Barber of Seville, an operatic interpretation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth which will incorporate video and projections, a fairy tale Rusalka, and an American opera about the Japanese internment An American Dream. All this plus performances in collaboration with Boise Contemporary Theater of All is Calm about the Christmas truce of 1914.

To celebrate our golden anniversary, we have many exciting plans including a history of each decade of Opera Idaho which is an insert in this program. Each of the four mainstage operas will have an insert on a different decade. Special activities will continue into next fall with a month of singing and end with a special event on the anniversary of our first production.

During this season, we will also honor Mark Junkert who has been our General Director for almost fifteen years and has led the way to Opera Idaho becoming recognized in our state and our region as a high-quality opera company. For his impressive work, Mark received the 2020 Governor’s Award for Excellence in Arts Administration. Thanks to Mark’s efforts, along with strong support from our patrons, Opera Idaho is flourishing.

As we begin the celebration of our 50th, I try to imagine what it must have been like back then … more than twenty years before I came to Boise. Boise must have been quite the booming little city back in the 1970s. Although the population was only 76,000 (can you believe it!), the residents were clearly full of hope and excitement about their future and the performing arts. In addition to Opera Idaho, the Boise Philharmonic, Ballet Idaho, and Idaho Shakespeare Festival were all formed during this decade. As well as the founding of these organizations, efforts began toward building the Morrison Center. My goodness, what a blast of energy!

As we move into our future, may it be with that same energy and excitement!

Board of Directors

As of October, 2022

Leslie Garrett President Vicki Kreimeyer

Vice-President Lynne Mattison Treasurer Victoria Sunderland Secretary Christine Avey Lee Gientke

Dean Hahn

Rebecca Jacquet Alexander Klatt Betty Munis Carol Nie Gizella O’Neil Jed Reese

Laura C. Simic Chuck Slaughter Jon Yoshizaki Janell Zuckerman

Mark Junkert Ex-officio

Effie Kaufman Emeritus Esther Simplot Emeritus

Doug Zimmerman Emeritus

Advisory Council

Phoebe Boelter

Laura DeLaney Bill Drake Kay Hardy

Christopher Huntley

Larry Leasure Carol MacGregor, Ph.D. Rob Perez Dan Popkey

Jeffrey L. Smith

Donors

Contributions to the General Fund received Sept 1, 2021 - August 31, 2022 (includes all special events).

Dress Circle- $10,000+ Phoebe & Fred Boelter

Leslie & Marshall Garrett Iris & Don Hendrickson

Effie & Ray Kaufman

Susan May & Andrew Owczarek

Gizella O’Neil

Phillip & Melinda Sander

Evelyn Schlosser Esther Simplot

Jo-Anne & Jeff Smith

President’s Circle- $5,000-$9,999

Sue & Stan Fornander Kay Hardy & Gregory Kaslo Vicki Kreimeyer

Mary & Boyd Leavitt Carol MacGregor, Ph.D. Lynne & John Mattison Caroline Morris Carol Nie Janice & Michael Tancredi

Director’s Circle- $2,500-$4,999 Christine & Bill Avey Elaine Crawford Marilyn Hickman & Doug Zimmerman

Lori & Ken Hosac

Vicke & Walt Lee Yvonne McCoy & Garry Wenske Karen & Chris Meyer

Judyth Roberts

Victoria & Richard Sunderland Bonnie & Justin Wilkerson Janny & George Wing Alexandria & Brian Wolff

LifeBlood- $1,000-$2,499

Trudy & Don Anderson Mickey & Bob Angell

Lorrie Apel

Susie & A.J. Balukoff Rose-Marie & Max Bearden Dan Bonaminio Merri & Willis Carr Mary Beth & Rex Chandler Susan & Claude Connelly Mary Cook Ilona Copeland

Lee Gientke

Nik Dumas

Beverly & George Harad Anne & Bob Hay Lisa Hecht

Rebecca & David Jauquet

Vicki Keen & J. Lamont Teresa & Tom Killingsworth Dr. Mary Langenfeld Amy & Stan Leopard Linda & Lee Miller Claudia Parcells

Patty & Bob Rietvold Peggy Ann Rupp, MD Sara Shepard & Chris Huntley Laura Simic Adelia Simplot

Mary & Charles Slaughter Nancy & David Smyth Karen & Greg Strimple Pam & Brian Thomas Annie & Michael Treinen Anita Weissberg

Sustainer- $500-$999

Jacqueline Agenbroad Beverly Boas

Laurie & Allan Britten Kellie Cosho Jeff Crosby Melissa Lloyd Dodworth Gerald & Jeff Dunlap Shelley & David Eichmann Sandra Evans

Jake Folger Carla & Jeff Fromm

Elaine Hyde

Robert James

Eric Jones & Dan Monasterio Elaine & Frank Lee Pat & Gary Machacek Ellen McKinney

Marni Odermann Wanda & William Previty Jeff Raulston Karen & Karl Heinz Ruttke Tina & Bob Vorbeck Karen & Mike Wetherell Melinda & Jeff Worley Janell Zuckerman & Scott Pfister

Corporate Contributions

Amazon Smile

Boise Group Real Estate

Folger Building Co.

Kiwanis Club of Capital City

Kroger

Paypal Giving Fund

Semiconductor Components Industries, Inc.

UBS Financial Services

Foundations & Grants

F.M., Anne G., and Beverly Bistline Advised Foundation in the Idaho Community Foundation

Boise City Department of Arts & History

Gladys E. Langroise Advised Fund in the Idaho Community Foundation Idaho Commission on the Arts Idaho Statesman

Idaho Women’s Charitable Foundation

Julius C. Jeker Foundation Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation

Morrison Center Endowment Foundation Opera Idaho Endowment Fund Opera Idaho Foundation

Sarah Maas Fund in the Idaho Community Foundation

Corporate Sponsorships

Boise State Public Radio Cinder

Clothesline Cleaners

D.A. Davidson & Co.

Dalton Bahney Treinen Wealth Management Group

Delta Dental Edwards Greenhouse

Hawley Troxell Hotel 43

Idaho Central Credit Union Idaho Statesman Idaho Trust Bank

Italian American Club of Boise KTVB Channel 7

Lyle Pearson

Pontifex Capital Radio Boise Silver Creek Software

Simplot Co. Zions Bank

Contributions to Opera Idaho Endowment

Kay Hardy & Gregory Kaslo Carol MacGregor, Ph.D.

In-kind contributions

3100 Cellars

Krista & Ben Arroyo

Ballet Idaho Block 22, LLC

Bodovino

Phoebe & Fred Boelter

Boise Contemporary Theater

Boise Philharmonic

Bonefish Grill

Rex & Marybeth Chandler Cinder Wines

Clothesline Cleaners Coiled Wines

Elaine Crawford

The Discovery Center of Idaho Carla & Jeff Fromm Leslie & Marshall Garrett Lee Gientke

Idaho Wine Merchant Cathy Ingle & Mark Junkert

J. Oates Portrait Design Vicki Kreimeyer

Lynn & John Mattison

Monkeylove

Morrison Center Foundation Gizella O’Neil Carly & Troy Oppie Par Terre Winery

Portsche’s Fine Jewelry Potter Wines

Radio Boise Jed Reese

Rolling Hills Vineyard Ruby Lou Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse Shore Lodge & Whitetail Golf Laura Simic

Esther Simplot Performing Arts Academy

Split Rail Wines

Stillwater Float Center

Victoria & Richard Sunderland Telaya Wines

Wellness in Motion, LLC Janny & George Wing

Season

Mozart in Motion

Morrison Center for the Performing Arts November 4-6, 2022

The Nutcracker

Morrison Center for the Performing Arts December 9-18, 2022

Anthology

Boise State University SPEC February 9-12, 2023

Swan Lake

Morrison Center for the Performing Arts May 4-7, 2023

Clean Resonanse

The Official Dry Cleaner

Opera Idaho

Photo by Jonathan Collins

Donald S. Hendrickson holds a very special place in the hearts of the Opera Idaho family and beyond. Don served not only Opera Idaho in a board capacity, but also on boards of the College of Idaho, the Boise Phil, FUNDSY, the Cathedral of the Rockies and on advisory boards of the Salvation Army and Ballet Idaho. He and his wife Iris Trimble Hendrickson have supported Opera Idaho throughout their time here in Boise, whether through personal contributions, at fundraising events, or sitting in the audience enjoying classic operatic performances.

Don was born in Duluth, Minnesota on April 24th, 1930. He attended schools in Duluth and New Plymouth, Idaho, and served in the US Army in the 1950’s, stationed in Germany. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the College of Idaho and an MBA from the University of Chicago. Don worked for Amalgamated Sugar Company before joining Boise Cascade Corporation where his career lasted 28 years and sent him all over the country. In 1987 he was one of the founders of BMC West Corporation, a spin-off of part of the

Honoring the life and legacy of Donald S. Hendrickson

April 24, 1930 - March 12, 2022

Boise Cascade Building Materials Distribution Division. He served as President and CEO of BMC West until he retired in 1998. He served on the company’s Board of Directors until 2005.

Don and Iris were married in 1999, and Iris still resides in Boise. Together they were active members of the Cathedral of the Rockies, the Arid Club, and Hillcrest Country Club. They loved to travel the world together, visiting every continent at least once, including all 50 states in the US. Don and Iris’s support of the arts in Boise leaves a legacy of love, music, and generosity. Opera Idaho, the Boise Phil, and Ballet Idaho have grown to be successful organizations thanks in part to people just like Don.

Upon his passing in March of 2022, Opera Idaho learned of a gift he left to help secure the future of this organization. Thank you, Don, and thank you to Iris and the family who deeply knew and loved the man we honor today. We will miss him this season, and every season beyond. We are honored and humbled that his legacy is a part of Opera Idaho’s story.

May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.

Bel Canto Legacy Society

Bel Canto Society members have included Opera Idaho in their estate plans, ensuring Idaho can continue to experience the beauty of opera long into the future. Planned giving is simple. There is no minimum commitment, and your gift will live on benefiting future generations.

Members: Sue & Stan Fornander Leslie & Marshall Garrett Vicki Kreimeyer

Esther Simplot via The Pauline Becker and Dorothy Simplot Memorial Endowment Fund

For more information on Bel Canto Legacy Society, contact Development Director Carly Oppie at (208) 345-3531 ext. 4.

Gifts in Memory of

Bernadette Bonaminio Melissa L. Dodworth

Don Hendrickson

Leslie & Marshall Garrett Kay Hardy & Gregory Kaslo

Elaine Hyde Leslie & Marshall Garrett Betty Garrett Priscilla & Howard Iba

Eileen Schindler Kristen Jacobs

Gifts in Honor of Esther Simplot

John William Jackson Fund in the Idaho Community Foundation

Melanie Keller Alfred Schattschneider

Susan May & Andrew Owczarek Robert James

Jennifer Wilhelmi Robert James

“Toi toi

toi!”

Fundraisers

Auction of Arias

Each fall, prior to our first mainstage production of the season, opera lovers participate in lively bidding for their favorite arias or musical theatre pieces at Auction of Arias. After a delicious dinner, supporters raise their paddles in support of Opera Idaho, or simply sit back, sip a little wine, and enjoy a wonderful concert featuring the cast of The Barber of Seville

Friday, October 8, 2022

Location: The Arid Club

1137 W River St, Boise Time: 5:30pm – Full Event 7:30pm – Wine and Arias

Attire: Cocktail

Cost: $200 per person – Full Event $50 per person – Wine and Arias only

Black and White Gala

The largest and most popular of our fundraiser is the mid-winter Black and White Gala. This event is a great opportunity to rub elbows with some of Boise’s greatest fans of opera while enjoying delectable wines, a delicious three-course meal, beautiful singing, and dancing to your heart’s content with live music.

Saturday, February 18, 2023 • 6:00 pm

Location: The Grand Ballroom in the Grove Hotel

245 S Capitol Blvd, Boise

Cost: $200 per person

Attire: Formal

In Good Taste

Our last fundraiser of the season takes place just as spring turns into summer. In Good Taste celebrates the finer things in life: gourmet food, refined wine, and sublime singing. This event is hosted and sponsored by Cinder Wines and features a threecourse dinner, Cinder Wines, a dessert auction, and a performance of a miniopera.

June 2023, exact date & time TBA

Location: Cinder Wines

107 E 44th St, Garden City

Cost: $150 per person

Sponsored by

Auction of Arias, 2021

Special thanks: Wine Sponsor

Floral Sponsor

Season Sponsors

Resident Company

The Resident Company is the pool of local, Boise-area singers from which artists & vocalists are chosen for choruses, comprimario and cover roles for our main stage and other productions. The Resident Company also includes current members of Critical Mass Vocal Artists.

Sopranos

Victoria Arriero

Krista Arroyo Debbie Baerlocher

Melissa Bagwell

Jerusha Baker

Heather Ballantyne

Liz Batey

Kathleen Beynun Jordan Bowman

Lizzy Brennan Lauren Caesar

Carley Ann Campbell

Caitlin Carlberg Jena Carpenter

Merri Carr Jessica Carroll Serena Clark Megan Croft Kristen Dittman Shelby DeBoard-Ulrich Stephanie Derentz

Kayla Downs Kylie Evans Amanda Gardner-Porter Rachael Nolana Griffith Lara Hamilton Katie Hansen Katia Hayati

Dena Holland Maxine James Hana Jung Sarah Kelly Taryn Koch

Kylie Kohl Vicki Kreimeyer

Alyse M. Krieger

Sharon Lucas Leslie Mauldin

Emmanuella Mazile

Gwendolyn Miller

Michiko Miller

Sarah Muller

Rebecca Myers Cherylanne North Kristine Nunes

Leanne Oien

Rebecca Pearce Jessica Perez Katalin Andra Plummer

Jennifer Price

Heather Ray Christie Rode

Laura Rushing-Raynes Bonnie Salewski Alana Seacord Rebecca Schneider Elizabeth Simmons Aviana Smith Sarah Smith Angela Sprague Jacelyn Stapp Sara Evans Stejskal BrieAnne Welch Mariah Wilcox Janell Zuckerman

Mezzo-sopranos

Aubrey Balfour Krista Blaine Veronica Blake Ainsley Boan Shelby Ann Boice Jessica Butler Tiffany Calás Val Cangie Erin Case Diana Cayler Jillian Denham Michele Detwiler Leigh Falconer Suzanne Hansen Chris Hatch Lisa Hecht Kristen Jackson Kelly Kaye Hannah Lee Vicke Lee Anne Leinonen Madison Lyman Ruth Manthey-Wray Ellen McKinney Angela Tracy Miller Kelly Moylan Leta Harris Neustaedter Deanna Pond Laura Schneider Naomi Spinelli Savannah Stame Elizabeth Straker

Corrina Steinbach Jennifer Turner Kaitlyn Walton Lindsay Whittig Amy Wickstrom

Tenors

Anthony Ames Lincoln Bollschweiler David Burton David Czerepinski Grant Drees Raydel Perez Gonzalez Zachary Greatting John Hamilton Alexander Hill Jonathan Hill Jim Jirak Dustin Johnson Tim Judy Sterling Koch Marcus Lawrence David Noland Scott Noland Geoffrey Parks Andrew Peck Jonathan Perry Maxwell Reinhardt Doug Rinard William Thompson Hubert Schwartoff

Baritones/Basses Mark Anderson Brandon Atkins John Bonde Willis Carr Colin Cho Jason Detwiler Nik Dumas Peyton Fleming Devin Gee

Michal Jarolimek Rudy Kammel Jesse Kaye Luke Koenig Michael Kohntopp David Le Fernando Menéndez Erik Noyce Brayden Olson Jim Poston Douglas Rowland Anders Tobiason Greg Watts

Emerging Artists Program

In the 2017-2018 season, Opera Idaho established its Young Artists program. Renamed to Emerging Artists in 2020. The Emerging Artists program is designed to provide training and performance experience for talented singers at the beginning of their professional careers. From September 2021 through April 2022, these artists will be placed in a nurturing environment, treated as professionals and provided with compensation and a comfortable place to live.

During the 2022-2023 Season our Emerging Artists will be touring the Treasure Valley and surrounding areas with an abridged version of The Barber of Seville, introducing students in grades K through 12 to opera. They will also be filling smaller roles in our mainstage operas, serve as understudies for the lead roles, and participate in smaller performances throughout the season.

Meet the

Emerging Artists

Rebecca Achtenberg

Originally from Kansas City, MO, soprano Rebecca Achtenberg sang Alice in Verdi’s Falstaff and Magda in Puccini’s La rondine with Indiana University Opera Theater and performed excerpts from Anna Bolena with the IU Conductors’ Orchestra during the 2021-22 season. Last spring, she was seen as Mimì in La bohème with IU Opera and appeared with Bloomington Chamber Opera as Elle in La voix humaine. Recent engagements include the role of Edith Frank in a workshop of Shulamit Ran’s

new opera Anne Frank with IU Opera, and Older Alyce in Glory Denied with Permian Basin Opera, reprising a role she previously sang with Penn Square Music Festival and Tri Cities Opera. Other recent engagements include Lia in l’Enfant prodigue with Garden State Opera, Rosario in Goyescas with Hub City Opera Theater, Annina in La traviata with New Rochelle Opera, and the High Priestess in Aida with Boheme Opera NJ.

Rebecca is a graduate of Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music, with a double degree in voice and comparative literature, and earned a master’s degree in voice from Westminster Choir College, and is currently completing her Performer Diploma at Indiana University. She was recently named the first prize winner of the National Society of Arts and Letters Voice Competition, Bloomington Chapter and is a recipient of second prize in the Annapolis Opera Vocal Competition and the Five Towns Music and Arts Foundation Competition. Rebecca currently serves as an associate instructor in voice for the Jacobs School.

Cornelia Lotito

Mezzo-soprano Cornelia Lotito recently completed her 2021-2022 season as a young artist with Pittsburgh Festival Opera. Previously, she was a resident artist at Indianapolis Opera, where she starred in the company’s double-bill of Hans Krasa’s Brundibar & Lori Laitman’s Holocaust oratorio Vedem. While at Indianapolis Opera, she premiered the role of Janis in Marc Hoffeditz’s virtual micro opera U-Hauling with Black Sheep Contemporary Ensemble.

Sponsor an Emerging Artist

Your financial support will help Opera Idaho provide housing, transportation assistance, health insurance, professional vocal coaching, financial compensation and performance opportunities to help build their resumes.

Your sponsorship of $2,500 towards the Emerging Artist Program will have your name tied to the Emerging Artist of your choice in printed and web marketing materials throughout the 2023-2024 SEASON, recognition at performances and events. You will receive a special invitation to an Emerging Artists meet & greet reception and a 30-minute performance by your selected Emerging Artist in your home or at an event of your choice.

Interested in becoming a sponsor? Contact Development Director Carly Oppie at (208) 345-3531 ext. 4.

In 2021, Cornelia completed her Master of Music degree at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, TN. She was a part of Knoxville Opera’s Studio program and performed the role of Stephano in the company’s 2020 production of Romeo et Juliette, as well as in several outreach shows across the city.

In 2019, Cornelia performed the role of Dorabella in a concert production of Così fan tutte with Light Opera New Jersey, the title role in La Cenerentola and Dritte Dame in Die Zauberflöte with Opera Theatre of Montclair, and Berta in The Barber of Seville with Light Opera New Jersey.

A frequent vocal competitor, Cornelia won the Indiana District of the 2022 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition. Previously, she won an Encouragement Award from the 2021 Tennessee District of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, as well as an encouragement award from the Gerda Lissner Foundation and several first place NATS awards. She was named a finalist in the 2021 Camerata Bardi International Vocal Competition and 2021 Camille Coloratura Awards, and a Contract Winner in Piccola Opera’s 2021 Opera Idol Competition. She was also named a finalist in the 2021 SAS Performing Arts Vocal Competition, and a semifinalist in the 2021 Premiere Opera.

Justin Kroll

Tenor Justin Kroll was recently heard as Beadle Bamford in the University Opera production of Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd at UW-Madison, as well as Arturo in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor with Madison Opera. Other recent operatic performances include: Marc Blitzstein in I Wish It So: Marc Blitzstein - the Man in His Music with UW-Madison’s University Opera, as well as in University Opera’s Spring 2021 production entitled “What’s

Past is Prologue: The Unfinished American”; Narcissus in a premiere performance of Christopher Cerrone’s All Wounds Bleed with Latitude 49, Lensky in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin with the Russian Opera Workshop, and Spoletta in Puccini’s Tosca with Painted Sky Opera of Oklahoma City.

This summer Justin made his debut at Central City Opera as a Bonfils-Stanton Apprentice Artist as the Priest in The Light in the Piazza before joining Opera Idaho for the 2022/23 season as an Emerging Artist.

Justin is in the second year of study toward the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Voice Performance at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He holds the Master of Music degree in Voice Performance, and the Bachelor of Music degree in Music History & Literature from Baylor University, as well as an Associate of Arts degree in Music from McLennan Community College.

In competition, Justin represented the USA at the 6th UNISA (University of South Africa) International Voice Competition in Pretoria, South Africa in 2018, and was a finalist in the Texoma Region of the 2020 NATS Artist Awards competition. Most recently, Justin was a finalist in the 2021 University of Wisconsin-Madison Mead Witter School of Music Concerto Competition, Semi-Finalist for the 2022 Annapolis Opera Competition, and Semi-Finalist for the Houston Saengerbund Awards.

Jake Surzyn

Born and raised near Detroit, baritone Jake Surzyn has performed with many of Michigan’s opera companies including Detroit Opera and Opera MODO. With Detroit Opera he performed in Yuval Sharon’s production of Kjartansson’s Bliss as Antonio and Rodríguez’s Frida as Mr. Rockefeller, and throughout

Michigan he has sung the roles of Marquis de la Force in Dialogues des Carmélites, Doctor Gregg in Gallantry, Dandini in La Cenerentola, Crespel in Les contes d’Hoffmann, King Melchior in Amahl and the Night Visitors, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, and Pirate King in Pirates of Penzance.

In the 21-22 season Jake was a studio artist with Madison Opera. While in Wisconsin he performed with the touring company Opera for the Young singing as Pandolfe in their production of Cendrillon.

While obtaining his master’s degree at the University of Michigan Jake sang the roles of Schaunard (La bohème), Melisso (Alcina), and Cacambo (Candide). He returned as a guest artist in 2020 to sing the role of Mr. Johannes ‘Pa’ Zegner in Mazzoli’s Proving Up

Jake has been an apprentice and emerging artist with Charlottesville Opera, having performed as Herr Zegler in The Sound of Music, Sir Lionel in Camelot, Franz in The Sound of Music, Marcello in La bohème, Lancelot in Camelot, and Escamillo in La tragedie de Carmen

An avid performer of oratorio, Jake has been a soloist in works ranging from the Baroque to the Contemporary. These engagements include J.S. Bach’s St. John Passion, Haydn’s The Creation, Vaughan Williams’ Dona nobis pacem, and Lang’s the little match girl passion.

MUSIC

Other Events

Operatini

Experience opera in a relaxed setting while enjoying great food and a specially designed martini. Operatinis are a themed event that generally features the cast of an upcoming production singing some of their favorites from the canons of musical theatre and opera.

Operatini: Season Kickoff Thursday, August 4, 2022

Operatini: The Barber of Seville Thursday, October 13, 2022

Operatini: Meet the Emerging Artists Thursday, November 17, 2022

Operatini: Macbeth Thursday, January 19, 2023

Operatini: An American Dream Thursday, February 23, 2023

Operatini: Rusalka Thursday, April 13, 2023

The Sapphire Room

Two Performances: 5:30 & 8:00 pm Tickets available at OperaIdaho.org

Sponsored by:

Pre-Performance Talk

If you arrive at the theater one hour prior to each mainstage production, you can join our General Director Mark Junkert as he presents a 30-minute talk. This is a chance to learn more about the opera, its history, the performers, and much more.

Pre-Performance Dinner

A few hours before the opening performance of our mainstage productions, Board and LifeBlood members and patrons of Opera Idaho get together for cocktails and a specially prepared meal. It a great opportunity to hob-nob with some of Idaho’s opera elite, and a chance to meet and talk with the director and conductor of each production.

For tickets or more information call Krista at 208-345-3531 ext 2.

Art Song Recitals

Opera Idaho’s Emerging Artists and Resident Company singers are featured in this series of recitals dedicated to art songs. These nonstaged songs often incorporate wellknown poems and seasonal themes with complex music and piano.

Sunday, March 26, 2023 • 2:30 pm Sunday, May 7, 2023 • 2:30 pm Sunday, June 4, 2023 • 2:30 pm

Boise Philharmonic Rehearsal Room

516 South 9th Street, upstairs, Boise Free Admission

CMVA represents the finest in chamber choir performance in Southern Idaho. Its mission is to establish and maintain a tradition of choral excellence, to be a vital part of the arts in Idaho, and to enrich our communities through choral music, education, and performance. The singers of CMVA represent the Treasure Valley’s finest singers and choral educators who seek to inspire and engage their audience with a diverse repertoire and choral excellence.

A Better Tomorrow Saturday, October 5, 2022 • 7:30pm

Sounds of Winter Sunday, December 18, 2022 • 7:30pm

Leonard Bernstein’s Mass Saturday, March 18, 2023 • 7:30pm

A World of Song Saturday, May 20, 2023 • 7:30pm

First Presbyterian Church 950 W State St, Boise

Tickets available at OperaIdaho.org

Operatini: Season Kickoff, 2022

2022-2023 Calendar of Events

Sat, Nov 5 Critical Mass Vocal Artists: A Better Tomorrow 7:30pm First Presbyterian Church, Boise

Thu, Nov 17 Operatini: Meet the Emerging Artists 5:30 & 8:00 pm The Sapphire Room in The Riverside Hotel

Sat, Dec 3 Children’s Choruses’ Holiday Concert TBA TBA

Nov 30-Dec 1 All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 19141 7:00 pm Collab w/Boise Contemporary Theater

Fri, Dec 2 All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 19141 8:00 pm Collab w/Boise Contemporary Theater

Sat, Dec 3 All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 8:00 pm Collab w/Boise Contemporary Theater

Dec 7 & 8 All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 7:00 pm Collab w/Boise Contemporary Theater

Fri, Dec 9

Children’s Choruses

7:00 pm at Ballet Idaho’s The Nutcracker

Fri, Dec 9 All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 8:00 pm Collab w/Boise Contemporary Theater

Sat, Dec 10

Children’s Choruses

2:00 & 7:00 pm at Ballet Idaho’s The Nutcracker

Sat, Dec 10 All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 2:00 & 8:00 pm Collab w/Boise Contemporary Theater

Sun, Dec 11

Children’s Choruses

12:00 & 5:00 pm at Ballet Idaho’s The Nutcracker

Sun, Dec 11 All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 2:00 pm Collab w/Boise Contemporary Theater

Dec 14 & 15 All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 7:00 pm Collab w/Boise Contemporary Theater

Dec 15 & 16 Children’s Choruses 7:00 pm at Ballet Idaho’s The Nutcracker

Fri, Dec 16 All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 8:00 pm Collab w/Boise Contemporary Theater

Sat, Dec 17

Children’s Choruses

2:00 & 7:00 pm at Ballet Idaho’s The Nutcracker

Sat, Dec 17 All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 2:00 & 8:00 pm Collab w/Boise Contemporary Theater

Sun, Dec 18 Children’s Choruses 12:00 & 5:00 pm at Ballet Idaho’s The Nutcracker

Sun, Dec 18 All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 2:00 pm Collab w/Boise Contemporary Theater

Thu, Jan 19 Operatini: Macbeth 5:30 & 8:00 pm The Sapphire Room in The Riverside Hotel

Fri, Jan 27 Macbeth 7:30 pm The Morrison Center

Sun, Jan 29 Macbeth 2:30 pm The Morrison Center

Sat, Feb 18 Annual Black and White Gala 6:00 pm The Grand Ballroom in The Grove Hotel

Thu, Feb 23 Operatini: An American Dream 5:30 & 8:00 pm The Sapphire Room in The Riverside Hotel

Fri, Mar 3 An American Dream 7:30 pm The Egyptian Theatre

Sun, Mar 5 An American Dream 2:30 pm The Egyptian Theatre

Sat, Mar 18 Critical Mass Vocal Artists: Leonard Bernstein’s Mass 7:30pm First Presbyterian Church

Sun, Mar 26 Art Song Recital #12 2:30pm Idaho State Museum

Thu, Apr 13 Operatini: Rusalka 5:30 & 8:00 pm The Sapphire Room in The Riverside Hotel

Fri, Apr 21 Rusalka 7:30 pm The Egyptian Theatre

Sun, Apr 23 Rusalka 2:30 pm The Egyptian Theatre

Date & time

Children’s Choruses’ Spring Concert TBA Location TBA

Sun, May 7 Art Song Recital #22 2:30pm Boise Philharmonic Rehearsal Hall

Sat, May 20 Critical Mass Vocal Artists: A World of Song 7:30pm First Presbyterian Church

Date & time Rising Stars Recital2 TBA Location TBA

Sun, Jun 4 Art Song Recital #32 2:30pm Boise Philharmonic Rehearsal Hall

June In Good Taste 2023 Cinder Wines

Sat, July 8 Opera in the Park: VIP Dinner 5:30 pm Julia Davis Park at the Gene Harris Bandshell

Sat, July 8 Opera in the Park2 7:30 pm Julia Davis Park at the Gene Harris Bandshell

Sun, Dec 18

Critical Mass Vocal Artists: Sounds of Winter 7:30pm First Presbyterian Church, Boise

Volunteering

Opera Idaho would not be able to do everything it accomplishes without the help of people in the community willing to donate their time to help with everything from making phone calls, data entry, to ushering for many of our productions.

Become a Volunteer

Volunteers are a valued and integral part of Opera Idaho. They play a vital role by helping our artists, supporting productions, reducing costs and providing skilled assistance in virtually every department. Their hard work and generosity keeps the beauty and passion of opera alive.

Our volunteers have the opportunity to participate in committees, attend volunteer socials, attend and assist at Opera Idaho special events, plan signature events and fundraisers, assist with various office tasks, meet international opera stars, and set and achieve goals for the opera.

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer, please fill out the Volunteer Information Form at the information table during the performance or online at Operaidaho.org.

Thank You to Our Hosts

The individuals below recently volunteered to provide housing for our guest artists. Host housing allows us to bring numerous visiting artists to Boise each season.

Ann & Charles Bauer

Rose-Marie & Max Bearden

Kim & John Cooney

Joan & Phil Ehrnstein

Janice Engle

Sue & Stan Fornander

Carole Gibson

Lisa Hecht

Cathy Ingle & Mark Junkert

Emily & David Jensen

Volunteers of the Year

Once a year the staff chooses a volunteer, sometimes two or more, who go above and beyond to help wherever needed, and recognize them for their service.

2021-2022 Janny Wing

2020-2021 Carol L. Montgomery

2019-2020 Bae Emilson

2018-2019 The Ballantyne Family

2017-2018 Carla Fromm & Ellen McKinney

2016-2017 Susan Jones

2015-2016 Ivana Gigante

2014-2015 Regina Montenegro 2013-2014 Rose-Marie Bearden, Max Bearden & Alize Norman 2012-2013 Vicke Lee 2011-2012 Mike Stanton 2010-2011 Trish Ebsworth & Marvin Hansen 2009-2010 Dan Monasterio & Eric Jones 2008-2009 Jimsi Kuborn & Stan Fornander 2007-2008 Bernadette Bonaminio 2006-2007 Leslie Garrett

Effie & Ray Kaufman

Vicki Kreimeyer

Martha Lane & Doug Peterson Mary Langenfeld Mary & Boyd Leavitt

Brent Mathieu

Yvonne McCoy & Gary Wenske

Constance Poiser

Wanda & Bill Previty

Eva Schlosser

Cathy Silak & Nick Miller

Jo-Anne & Jeff Smith Michelle & Glenn Zausmer

Interested in hosting guest artists, contact Artistic Administrator Curtis Crafton at (208) 345-3531 ext. 5.

Black & White Gala, 2019

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Education Engagement

Opera Idaho is Mobile!

Thanks to a generous grant from the Idaho Women’s Charitable Foundation, Opera Idaho has a van! This van will allow us to visit more schools in more locations throughout Idaho.

School Tour

In an effort to introduce our younger generations to the world of opera, for the past few years Opera Idaho has toured our local schools with a program geared towards students in grades K-6. This season, we will be visiting elementary schools in The Treasure Valley and beyond with an abridged version of The Barber of Seville.

Opera Idaho Children’s Choruses

The Opera Idaho Children’s Choruses provide a fun opportunity for children to perform vocally and to learn about music, harmony and following a conductor. The program is split into three groups:

Kinder Chorus – age 3 to 1st Grade

Angelus Chorus – 2nd to 5th grades

Excelsior Chorus – 6th to 12th grades

Kiwanis Boy’s Choir unchanged male voices in 4th-8th grade

The program is led by Kerry Calverley. Kerry has been working with children’s and youth choirs of all levels for 30 years. Most recently, Kerry was the director of choirs at East Junior High School in the Boise School District. In the Boise area, she has been a children’s choir director at Trinity Presbyterian Church and First Presbyterian Church, also co-directing musical theater productions for the singers in these programs.

Opera Idaho Rising Stars

Created in 2018, Opera Idaho Rising Stars is an opera training and college preparatory program for high school singers. This program. Led by Kelly Kaye, will not only help students prepare college auditions, but will teach them what happens backstage, and about stage movement. They will receive solo coaching, meet and speak with opera professionals and perform opera scenes!

For more information on our education programs please call Fernando 208-345-3531 ext. 3.

Education Sponsors

Children’s Choruses Spring Concert, 2021

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Performance History

Acis & Galatea

Handel (2019)

Aïda

Verdi (2019)

All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 Rothstein (2021)

collaboration with Boise contemporary Theater

Amahl & the Night Visitors

Menotti (2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017)

As One Kaminsky, Campbell & Reed (2019)

The Ballad of Baby Doe Douglas Moore (1980, 2012)

Bits ‘N Pieces (1975, 1976, 1977)

Carmen

Bizet (1975, 1984, 1992, 1998, 2005, 2014, 2022) Carousel in Concert Rodgers & Hammerstein (2011) Cavalleria Rusticana

Mascagni (1971) Celebrando a México (2022) collaboration with the Idaho Botanical Garden Così fan tutte

Mozart (1982, 1989, 2009)

Daughter of the Regiment Donizetti (1990) Dead Man Walking Heggie (2022)

Die Fledermaus Strauss (2000, 2016)

Divas of the Golden West (1984)

Don Giovanni Mozart (1999, 2018) Don Pasquale

Donizetti (1986, 1997, 2002) Evgeny Onegin

Tchaikovsky (2015)

Face on the Barroom Floor

Mollicone (1990) Falstaff

Verdi (2012)

Faust

Gounod (1978, 2009) Gianni Schicchi

Mozart (1979, 2014) Glory Denied

Cipullo (2016)

H.M.S. Pinafore

Gilbert & Sullivan (1994) Hansel & Gretel

Humperdinck (1987, 1994, 2012)

Il barbiere di Siviglia

Rossini (1998, 2006, 2018)

Opera in the Park, 2021

The Merry Widow, 2021

Carmen, 2022

I Pagliacci

Leoncavallo (1986, 2013)

Il Turco in Italia Rossini (1989)

Jacques Brel is Alive and Well, and living in Paris (2007)

The King and I in Concert Rodgers & Hammerstein (2014)

L’Elisir d’amore Donizetti (1996, 2008, 2017)

La bohème Puccini (1978, 1991, 1997, 2001, 2007, 2012, 2020)

La Casa Verdi (2000)

La Cenerentola Rossini (1976, 2010)

La Fille du Régiment Donizetti (2011)

La Serva Pedrona2 Pergolesi (1990)

La Traviata Verdi (1977, 1987, 1996, 2005, 2016)

Lucia di Lammermoor Donizetti (1983, 2009)

Madama Butterfly

Puccini (1985, 1994, 2003, 2011, 2018)

The Magic Flute

Mozart (1989, 1999, 2015)

Manon

Massenet (2019)

Marilyn Horne in Concert (1984)

The Marriage of Figaro

Mozart (1976, 2000, 2013)

The Medium Menotti (1977)

The Merry Widow

Lehár (1986, 2004, 2021)

The Mikado

Gilbert & Sullivan (1996, 2006, 2019)

The Music Man Willson (2015)

A Night at the Opera Idaho (1990)

Nosferatu1

Henderson (2004)

Oklahoma in Concert Rodgers & Hammerstein (2012, 2017) Opera Idaho Sings Christmas (2006, 2007, 2008) Opera in the Park (2021, 2022) Opera Under the Stars (1999, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) Opera’s Most Romantic (2007) Operatic Highlights (1988) Ormindo2 Cavalli (1989)

Our Town Rorem (2010)

All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914, 2021

Manon, 2019

The Barber of Seville, 2015

WHERE BOOKS

The Pirates of Penzance

Gilbert & Sullivan (1995, 2011, 2016)

Porgy and Bess

Gershwin (2002) Pulcinella Suite

Stravinsky (2013) collaboration with Ballet Idaho Rachel1

Bratt (1972)

Rigoletto

Verdi (1981, 1993, 2014)

Sarah Jane McMahon & Matt Morgan in Concert (2011)

A Season of Sorrows* Bratt (1990) Sherrill Milnes in Concert (1986)

The Sound of Music in Concert

Rodgers & Hammerstein (2013) South Pacific in Concert Rodgers & Hammerstein (1991, 2010, 2016) Street Scene

Weill (1973)

SUPPORTING THE ARTS SINCE 2006.

The Telephone

Menotti (1977, 1990)

Tosca

Puccini (1982, 1988, 1995, 2003, 2017)

Trouble in Tahiti Bernstein (2014)

Werther

Massenet (2017)

West Side Story in Concert Bernstein (2018)

The Winterreise Project (2013, 2018)

The Pirates of Penzance, 2016

Amahl and the Night Visitors, 2011

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